And then there is the science fiction favorite – the Neuropsychological Hazard, where information will actually cause physical harm. Triggering epileptics is one real example, mentioning MacBeth at a theater a fictional one. A list of more Basilisks: https://
artandpopularculture.com/Motif_of_harmf
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Neuropsychological Hazards: Information-Based Harm and AI Safety
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Information Hazards: Psychological Risks in Social Media
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Psychological reaction hazard: "Information can reduce well-being by causing sadness, disappointment, or some other psychological effect in the receiver." We know this actually happens in social media from experiments 6/
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Distraction hazards on social media platforms
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Distraction hazards. You are reading this on Twitter, enough said. 5/
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Information Truth Destabilizes Economic and Social System Norms
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Norm hazards: we share common sets of beliefs about how we, as a society or economy, should operate. If information breaks our belief in these norms, even if the information is true, it can create instability in the overall system. 4/
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Ideological hazards in belief systems and online learning
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Ideological hazards: Most people have only a little knowledge about what their ideological belief (whether religious or political) really encompasses. On the web, you can learn that your chosen belief system also includes hazardous elements that you feel you need to adopt. 2/
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Information Hazards: Conspiracy Theories Mental State Vulnerability
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Evocation hazards: there may be particular information that, when people encounter it, triggers them. This is not just in the common sense of triggering past trauma, but that some conspiracy theories or memes might be unusually tempting to people in particular mental states. 3/
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Information Hazards: How Knowledge Can Cause Harm
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How can knowing something hurt you? Information can sometimes cause harm (think of the annoyance of seeing spoilers as a tiny example). This paper on information hazards was prescient about many of the issues we face today. So, a on some of the hazards of knowledge… 1/
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Beyond LLMs: Alternative Technologies Driving AI Progress Forward
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Similarly, it seems that even if LLMs hit a major technological roadblock (model collapse, inherent limits to the technology) that will not bring development to a halt. Many other technologies are waiting in the wings, and there are other ways to improve LLM performance as well.
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AI Training Data Lawsuits Won’t Significantly Slow Development
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Lawsuits over AI training data won't halt AI development, or even slow it much. This is for many reasons: open source models already released, a lack of consistent laws (training data isn't protected in Japan) and the fact that many companies (Adobe) are now using licensed data.
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New Book on AI Co-Intelligence Impacts Work and Education
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Look what just arrived in the mail! Its the first copies of my new book, available everywhere on April 2. While I discuss AI technology, ethics & the future the focus is on the impact on work & school, and how to use AI as a co-intelligence Pre-order it: https://
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741805/c
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